The son of Robert Smith of ‘Anton’, Oxford, farmer (A).
| 1700 | 4 Oct. He was apprenticed to William and Christian Andrews (A). |
| 1702 | 21 May. ‘The said Apprentice this xxi May 1702 by Consent of himselfe, his friends and Master is discharged of his apprenticeship and he to have noe benefit of his service already done and his Indenture to be cancelled’ (A). |